It is still April and to keep up with my poetry theme here are some amazing poets and their books to watch out for! Who is your favorite poet?

1. the boys i've loved & the end of the world by Catarine Hancock

I have been obsessed with this author for such a long time. She started as @evanescent.love on Instagram and grew in the Instagram poetry community. I have seen her grow and evolve as a writer and now she has successfully self-published a set of her poems.

2. Honeybee by Trista Mateer

Again, I found this writer through social media and have been upset that I did not find her sooner. Her work is beautiful and raw and touches on love and heartbreak in both a sentimental and slightly sarcastic way.

3. Nejma by Nayyirah Waheed

She is one of my favorite poets and as a woman of color, she talks about race and intersectionality a lot in her writing. If you are looking to read more books by women of color she is definitely one to look out for.

4. Airy Hall by Fred D'Aguiar

I have been lucky enough to actually meet this author. He guest lectured for one of my classes and his unique background has helped shape his historical poems. He firmly believes in being anti-narrative and anti-plot and this is explicit when reading his writing where there is no end. He simply seems to run with a thought and just leaves the reader speculative. His writing is freeing, to say the least.

5. Olio by Tyehimba Jess

There is a reason Tyehimba Jess won the Pulitzer Prize and the poems must simply be read to understand.

Enjoy! Write in the comments your favorite poems.